This is the top-level page for

Ned Paul
and
Hazelle Jackson

Illustrations on these pages are mainly scans from my collection of antique postcards featuring card playing.

  • Ned Paul Bridge Teacher Home Page
    (Go here for Cole Court Results link)
  • Learn Bridge with Ned Paul in London
  • Aces-Hi! Bridge Club
    • Supervised Practice - Canary Wharf, E14
    • Supervised Practice - Camden, NW1
  • Putney Bridge Club, London SW15
    • Friendly club duplicate bridge every Monday - all welcome - partners found
  • The Ruff Club - Play Bridge in Camden
    • Friendly club duplicate bridge every Friday - all welcome - partners found
    • Supervised Practice for new players - every Wednesday (jointly with Aces Hi!).
  • Weekly daytime classes: A weekly improvers group meets at i-bean coffee bar, Boston Manor, Ealing W7. Wednesdays 10.00-12.00noon. No partner required, novices and new players welcome.
  • Weekly improver classes: Ongoing next step classes and social play every Thursday, 9.45am-12.00noon. Church Hall, Our Lady Queen of Peace, 222 Sheen Road, Richmond, Surrey, TW10 5AN. No partner required and new players welcome.
  • Weekly evening classes: Please enquire.
  • Private Bridge Lessons and Daytime Play
    • You can join one of my open groups for lessons or supervised play or make your own private arrangement.
  • Group tuition for existing or new groups
    • Current (2008) client list for group lessons includes:
      • The Royal Automobile Club Bridge Circle (beginner lessons, and improver seminars)
      • Dolphin Square Bridge Circle (improver and advanced seminars);
      • Gerards Cross Golf Club (improver lessons with supervised play).
  • Contract Work with Other Organisations
    • I contribute regular to BRIDGE magazine, published by the Mr Bridge organisation, and host UK bridge break weekends marketed by Mr Bridge.
    • I have advised on bridge scenes in film production including the 2001 Oscar winning Gosford Park, and in 2005 in the short film Waverley produced by Hector Films.
  • Duplicate, Rubber or Chicago bridge parties for 4-24 people
    • I can help your dinner and bridge function go without a hitch. Can be ‘straight’ or ‘themed’. Also available for larger events e.g. charity bridge drives.
 

Hazelle Jackson is a writer and editor with a special interest in historic landscapes.

I am the author of Shell House and Grottoes (Shire Publications, 2001) and several local history books. My articles have appeared in Living History, Green Places, Historic Gardens Review, The London Gardener, The Independent, and other publications. I have a large photographic library of London parks and green spaces and an extensive collection of historic postcards of London and surrounding areas.

Professional activities include:

  • Editor - I edit London Landscapes the newsletter of the London Parks and Gardens Trust and other publications.
  • Historical consultant - I carry out research for clients into the history of parks, gardens, garden features and advise on listing and restoration. Recent clients have included the LB Harrow, Christchurch Council and Dorset Gardens Trust.
  • I am currently curating Change on the Heath - rediscovering Surrey's forgotten wildnerness, an exhibition on life in the Surrey Heathland for Surrey County Council and the Surrey Heathland Project.
  • Secretary, Outdoor Writers’ Guild (2003-06).
  • I have a first degree in Social History (B.A.Soc.Sci. - Univ. of Newcastle-upon-Tyne) and a PG Cert. in Heritage Management (Birmingham University). I travelled and worked in France as a young woman and later in Algeria and speak and write fluent French.

Weblinks:

Enquiries welcome: 020-8892 9429.

 

This site is maintained by Ned Paul, telephone 020-8892 9429 or 07944 768643.